Tagotoka

The Tagotoka were Northern Paiute people associated with the Owyhee River country and the dry uplands of southwestern Idaho. Their name refers to the eating of roots or tubers, foods gathered alongside game and other plants. The Owyhee cuts through a landscape of plateaus and canyons before joining the Snake River. Paiute and Shoshone communities used these valleys and neighbouring lands, maintaining connections across a country where food and water were scattered over considerable distances.